New songs for modern missional worship, rich in Christian teaching and contextualized in modern culture. Contemporary hymns, psalms, songs of lament and praise written by members of the Louisville, KY-based Sojourn Community.

Courtesy of Drake Hatfield's drakeaudio.com, here is an mp3 of Beautiful Moon, by The Joy Unfolding, a band made up of Sojourn worship leaders Jamie Barnes, Rebecca Dennison, Jason Tieman, Doug Elmore and pastor Mike Cosper.  The Joy Unfolding mostly features songs written by Jamie and Rebecca set to compelling new arrangements, often with a strong jazz influence.  You'll particularly hear this on "Beautiful Moon," recorded ... Continue reading »

February 14-16, Sojourn Teaching Pastor Daniel Montgomery and Worship Arts Pastor Mike Cosper will be featured guest speakers at Union University's How Should We Worship conference, an event for pastors, ministers of music, worship ministers and worship teams.  Other speakers for this event will be noted theologians, educators and authors Marva Dawn, Donald P. Hustad, Robert Smith, Jr., George H. Guthrie and David S. Dockery. Mike and Daniel will conduct Session ... Continue reading »

From A More Profound Alleluia, by Leanne Van Dyke (published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co): "The term 'liturgy' was originally rooted in the context of ancient Greek life, where it meant 'the work of the people' and referred to 'public works' .... We, of course, use it most commonly to refer to the blueprints for that work rather than to the work itself.  The liturgy, ... Continue reading »

Will Kottheimer recently caught up with singer-songwriter and Sojourn worship leader Brooks Ritter to ask him about the writing process for "In the Shadow of the Glorious Cross," a song he cowrote with Rebecca Elliott for Before the Throne (the pair also sang the song on the CD).  You can hear the mp3 of this song on Before the Throne's page in our Music section. Q. How did you meet Rebecca ... Continue reading »

Theresurgence.com has posted video of Harold Best's second lecture ("Jesus the sole mediator of worship, and the helplessness of music) at the recent Continuous Worship conference hosted by Mars Hill Church in Seattle.  Dr. Best, author of Music Through The Eyes of Faith and Unceasing Worship, explains Christ's role as the High Priest of our faith and as the only One worthy and ... Continue reading »

The Louisville Courier Journal recently published video of an art installation at The 930 by Nadus Films. Nadus, founded by Sojourn member Coury Deeb, documents the struggle of the war-torn nation of Sudan to rebuild and helps to make people aware of the plight of many Sudanese children.  From the Nadus website: THE NEW SUDAN is an art installation resulting from two recent trips to Sudan by Nadus Films, a ... Continue reading »

Original and Traditional Christmas Songs from Sojourn Artists, including Jamie Barnes, Dirt Poor Robins, Brooks Ritter, and more.  Available now for free or pay-what-you-want. The emphasis here is on the already/ not-yet tension of Advent, the season of waiting and anticipation before Christmas.  Advent comes to us in the darkest season of the year -- a season when the nights are long, the days are cold, ... Continue reading »

The brand new Sojourn CD, Advent Songs, is available to order in our online Store NOW.  And ... it's only $5!  And remember that, through Christmas, our other CDs are only $5 as well, except the new Before the Throne, which is $8.  It's the perfect time to stock up on Sojourn CDs for yourself or to give away as gifts. Advent Songs now has its own page in our Music section, with mp3s of ... Continue reading »

As noted in yesterday's column, a brand new Christmas season CD from Sojourn, Advent Songs, is just days away from release.  You can hear one track from this new project by visiting that post. Here is another cut, "Amen, Amen," written by Neil and Kate Robins (of Dirt Poor Robins, whom we will talk more about when their own new CD is released nationwide early next year).  The song is based ... Continue reading »

You just never know what's gonna happen when great musicians and singer-songwriters get together -- especially when they happen to be worship leaders who love singing about the coming of Messiah.  A couple months ago several members of the Sojourn worship team set out to do a slight update to Sojourn's 2003 holiday album, Songs for the Advent.  But as they gathered together in Neil Robins' Stellar Cellar Studios, the project ... Continue reading »